Organisation profile

Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.

Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.

Main research areas

Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.

Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.

Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.

We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.

Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.

Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.

With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.

Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses

In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.

  1. Published

    Exploring large vegetation databases to detect temporal trends in species occurrences

    Jandt, U., von Wehrden, H. & Bruelheide, H., 01.12.2011, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 22, 6, p. 957-972 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Tracking the origin of invasive Rosa rubiginosa populations in Argentina

    Hirsch, H., Zimmermann, H., Ritz, C., Wissemann, V., von Wehrden, H., Renison, D., Wesche, K., Welk, E. & Hensen, I., 01.05.2011, In: International Journal of Plant Sciences. 172, 4, p. 530-540 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Surveying Southern Mongolia: Application of multivariate classification methods in drylands with low diversity and long floristic gradients

    Wesche, K. & Von Wehrden, H., 01.10.2011, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 14, 4, p. 561-570 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Leben gestalten lernen - Kompetenzen: eine Fortbildungsreihe für den Elementarbereich ; natürlich lernen ; Lebengestaltenlernen

    Benoist, B. (Editor) & Hübner, K. (Editor), 2004, Hilpoltstein: Landesbund für Vogelschutz in Bayern . 200 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  5. Published

    Future Challenges of Higher Education in the Context of Sustainable Development from a European Point of View

    Michelsen, G., 2011, Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Barth, M., Rieckmann, M. & Sanusi, Z. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 59-76 18 p. (Higher Education for Sustainability; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Chemical profiles of body surfaces and nests from six Bornean stingless bee species

    Leonhardt, S. D., Blüthgen, N. & Schmitt, T., 01.01.2011, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 37, 1, p. 98-104 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Tree resin composition, collection behavior and selective filters shape chemical profiles of tropical bees (Apidae: Meliponini)

    Leonhardt, S. D., Schmitt, T. & Blüthgen, N., 08.08.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 8, 10 p., e23445.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Genetic relatedness and chemical profiles in an unusually peaceful eusocial bee

    Leonhardt, S. D., Form, S., Blüthgen, N., Schmitt, T. & Feldhaar, H., 01.10.2011, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 37, 10, p. 1117-1126 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Nachhaltigen Konsum fördern in Bildungseinrichtungen: Transdisziplinäre Interventionsentwicklung zur Veränderung (hoch-)schulischer Konsumkultur

    Fischer, D., Michelsen, G. & Rode, H., 2012, Von der Internationalisierung der Hochschule zur transkulturellen Wissenschaft: Wissenschaftliche Konferenz 2010 an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. Jansen-Schulz, B. & Cremer-Renz, C. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 301-308 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Release of monomers from four different composite materials after halogen and LED curing

    Polydorou, O., König, A., Altenburger, M. J., Wolkewitz, M., Hellwig, E. & Kümmerer, K., 01.10.2011, In: American Journal of Dentistry. 24, 5, p. 315-321 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  3. Die Ziegeleien in Sande und Lohbrügge
  4. Anthropologie der Praxis
  5. Wie lange sind wir in diesem Jahr in der Schule?
  6. Improving the Role of Governments in Promoting Environmental Management Accounting
  7. Hochschulen und Nachhaltigkeit
  8. Tax avoidance, tax risk and the cost of debt in a bank-dominated economy
  9. First record of a Mermithidae (Nematoda) from the meloid beetle Meloe violaceus Marsham, 1802 (Coleoptera
  10. Das Projekt „Fach-an-Sprache-an-Fach“
  11. Discharge and fate of biocide residuals to ephemeral stormwater retention pond sediments
  12. Gender, Netzwerk, Aneignung. Professionalisierungsprozesse in digital-materieller Musikproduktion
  13. Entrepreneurial Investing
  14. Hochschulen und nachhaltige Entwicklung
  15. Leuphana startet Wissenstransfer für unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit
  16. Sustainability of rural electrification programs based on off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems in Chile
  17. Zur psychophysischen Bedeutung c-förmiger Simplex-Organisationen bei der Multidimensionalen Skalierung
  18. Training participation of a firm´s aging workforce
  19. Das akademische Prekariat
  20. Integratives Gendering in der Lehre am Beispiel der Universität Lüneburg im Projekt Gender-Kompetenz in naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Studiengängen, Lehre, Forschung und in der Hochschulorganisation
  21. Ordnung, die sich bildet
  22. Wild Seeds
  23. Mindestanforderungen an das Betreiben von Handelsgeschäften.
  24. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of meaning-centered group psychotherapy in cancer survivors
  25. Non scholae, sed vitae discimus!